Comments Thread For: Crawford: Horn Tougher To Fight Than It Looks From the Outside

[BoxingIsGreat]

Horn is nothing like Linares. Crawford should put to sleep this pretender to justify his top 2 P4P next to Loma. If he can not put this bum to sleep then he is not P4P. The bum becomes legit and real.

Horn has a better win than Linares (a shot to shit Pacman is better than anyone on Linares' resume, including Linares himself).

What's Linares' best win?

Crawford is already the best fighter in the world in my book, followed by Usyk, Spence, Lomachenko, and Mikey. These are my top 5 best fighters right now.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Horn is nothing like Linares. Crawford should put to sleep this pretender to justify his top 2 P4P next to Loma. If he can not put this bum to sleep then he is not P4P. The bum becomes legit and real.

It ain't always that easy. Horn roughhouses like Salido. It wasn't so easy for Loma or Mikey to put him away so easily. Let's not forget that Loma lost against Salido.

[Boxing-1013]

I can't see comparing Horn to Linares and Hurd. Sorry. Linares has elite skills. Hurd is undoubtedly huge at 154 but he also has a sizable skill set - that's just on my eye yest. He caught up with Lara (no easy feat) and got a lot of punches in. If Horn can pull a Hurd on Crawford I'll eat a huge slice of humble pie. He has a puncher's chance in this as Bud isn't tested at 147.
I like infighting but not dirty fighting. I can watch other sports
if I want to see wrestling/grappling/holding/elbowing.

I guess we will agree on some things, agree to disagree on others. Looking forward to the fight though to get a better idea of what Crawford and Horn's levels are!

[Biolink]

Horn is nothing like Linares. Crawford should put to sleep this pretender to justify his top 2 P4P next to Loma. If he can not put this bum to sleep then he is not P4P. The bum becomes legit and real.

You're right Horn is not like Linares. He hasn't been stopped 4x

[Thraxox]

The only real questions:

Can Crawford stop a legit 147 fighter, or has he moved up one class too many?

If he can't, how does he handle a bull rush of a boxer naturally bigger than him?

I am leaning to a wide decision win with Crawford seriously hurting Horn as he turns that aggressiveness against him and picks him apart. I just can't see Crawford bringing a ton of power with him in his first fight at 147. I think he will get stronger as he adjusts his training, but this is a great first fight for him to see where he is. Horn is just plain not naturally skilled enough to beat a fighter of Crawford's skill level in his prime. If Horn can stay on his feet and go the distance, he will get a couple extra paydays and maybe even a Pacquiao rematch. So, even if he does lose he can win. There are legit interesting storylines in this fight.

Don't pretend like Crawford is some 5'5 that started at bantam weight. He's 5'8 1/2 that re hydrates to the 150's fight night.

[SteveM]

The goal is to win the fight, period. If that means you have to get rough to get your opponent off you and keep momentum, then you do it.

And Derrick Gainer won the fight. Ref wasn't stopping any of the low blows or dirty Norwood tactics, Gainer did what he had to do to defend himself, got the win.

It's a fight, man. You do what you need to do to get out of there.

You're right! I've given it a little consideration and ultimately that is what you have to do as a last resort.

Shouldn't be that way but if it is you have to do what is necessary to defend yourself against illegal attacks.

[slimPickings]

Not an easy fight? This is as easy as it gets for a belt imo. Lets see > Thats why they fight the fights.

Fans can't let go. I'm not a great fan of Pac - what he did between 2008 and 2010 was legendary. What pi55es me off in boxing more than anything else is poor reffing and judging. Pac suffered both in Brisbane. Horn is overrated on that dubious win.

Horn is "tough, awkward and rugged" ? can't argue with that but 99% of the time it's not enough against prime P4P boxers unless there's a dubious decision (not saying Pac was P4P in Brisbane).

Silly examples you say? Because they are true and undeniable? Wait until the last week before Tyson Fury and Sefari. Guarantee someone on team Fury will state that Sefari is 'dangerous' or similar.

Maybe your definition of "easy" is different than mine.

TC v Indongo turned out to be "easy". THIS will not be that kind of fight.

Remember this. TC is going to have his hands full with Horn for as long as it lasts.

Horn beat PAC fair and square notwithstanding what the masses say and i am a big PAC fan.

Once again Floyd v McGregor ( an event/spectacle ) or GGG v Vanes ( career Jr. Middle and inactive for TWO years)!!!!! are NOT good examples.

Fury ( a CON ) v Seferi/Safari, or whatever his name is , a career cruiser weight is another FARCE and is NOT a good example.

Horn v TC is different and will be interesting.